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Kafka Data Streaming

Top 5 Kafka Use Cases

Explore the top 5 Kafka use cases for data streaming and processing.

Kafka was originally built for massive log processing. It retains messages until expiration and lets consumers pull messages at their own pace.

Let’s review the popular Kafka use cases.

  • Log processing and analysis

  • Data streaming in recommendations

  • System monitoring and alerting

  • CDC (Change data capture)

  • System migration